Metro YFT
Submitted by Salmo on Sun, 2009-04-05 21:35
This one was about two weeks back....north of Rotto
Sight cast using a Branzino 3000 loaded with 8kg BM Rainbow braid on a Loomis SJ844.....
Personal 2009 highlight for sure
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verry nice gotta love em for
verry nice
gotta love em for the fight
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Nice
Nice work Andrew. Nice metro fish for sure.
What did you chuck at it? Soft plastic or bait?
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Nice
Nice fish Salmo.
What lure did the business?
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but I think that day they would have gone anything.....hooked three...lost two in the first seconds
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nice fish there chief did
nice fish there chief did you keep it for the plate
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Andrew, Congratulations!
Andrew,
Congratulations!
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Cheers bro
havent heard from you......
got things sorted yet????...easter off???
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Been up in Karratha chasing
Been up in Karratha chasing GTs and barra - flying back in tomorrow.
Will give you a ring sometime during the week?
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Mates a Japanese chef
gave him a quick call to sharpen the knifes
The fish was well bled as you can see...chopped its head off to fit in the esky....iced down then straight home to a very happy crew for fresh sashimi....pickled ginger and wasabi mayonaise....
melt in your mouth yum
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Fin!
Nice Fin Andrew, the metro spaniards & YFT tuna captures have been good this season!
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nice YFT andrew, well done
nice YFT andrew, well done and even better sightcasting to it
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great fish mate especially
great fish mate especially in the metro
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Great fish That is a great catch on a 3000 reel
I hear those Branzinos are hot stuff.
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More metro fin than up here in Exxy at the moment. Onya big fella, you heading up this season?
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thats an awsome metro yft
thats an awsome metro yft m8, congrats
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awesome capture would have
awesome capture would have gone real hard on that gear!
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Cheers fellas
No birds that day Andy
bait sprayed right near the boat while we were looking at the bottom......big boil deserved a cast.....BANG turbo fun fin button went off.
next time going to tie on a ocea stick bait and get the fishes head out of the water...
the branzinos are hot reels Colin....this one gave off white smoke
hasnt sounded the same since
will be there in May now ads....I hope...got stuff keeping me close to home